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Election 2016
January 26, 2016
Jeet Heer
Hillary Goes Up to 11, While Bernie Dials It Back
At Monday night's Iowa town hall, the Democratic frontrunners shifted their tones to try and woo the skeptical.
January 22, 2016
Laura Reston
Ad Wars 2016: Can Marco Rubio Attack His Way Into Contention?
Desperate for a boost, the senator from Florida is pursuing a risky strategy. Plus: This week’s ad round-up.
January 20, 2016
MagazineAndy Kroll
Ted Cruz’s Howitzer
Equal parts drill sergeant, data junkie, brawler, and entrepreneur, Jeff Roe will do anything to win. Just watch.
January 18, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
Watch Bernie Sanders lol when Hillary Clinton said he attacked Obama.
January 18, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Get ready for Berniecare.
January 17, 2016
Brian Beutler
Bernie Sanders Can Win. When Will He Believe That?
Sanders has largely treated Hillary Clinton with deference. But that could change at tonight's debate.
January 15, 2016
Jamil Smith
Structural Racism Needs to Be Debated, Too
The Iowa Brown & Black Forum provided a good model for how to steer Sunday's Democratic debate.
January 15, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
The GOP candidates keep calling Obama a “child.”
January 13, 2016
Laura Reston
This Ted Cruz ad is a model for how Republicans can attack Marco Rubio’s most glaring weakness.
January 13, 2016
Suzy Khimm
Obama: America Is Great Again Already
The president rejected the Republican narrative of decay and weakness in his last State of the Union address.
January 12, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
What’s worse, having a father that helped the Nazis or blackmailing your gay brother?
December 31, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
Ben Carson raised more money than Ted Cruz in the latest quarter.
December 23, 2015
Jeet Heer
Experts are arguing that Donald Trump’s “schlong” is no big deal.
December 21, 2015
Laura Reston
Watch Ted Cruz read Christmas classics like “How Obamacare Stole Christmas” and “Rudolf the Underemployed Reindeer.”
December 20, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Climate change only came up in the first and last minute of the Democratic debate.
December 20, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Martin O’Malley inexplicably plays the age card; audience audibly groans.
December 20, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Tom Steyer jumpstarted his campaign a little early, with this ad running during the Democratic debate.
December 18, 2015
Steven Cohen
We kill people, Russia kills people, and that’s just “the way it is”: Donald Trump explains why it’s really all just relative.
December 16, 2015
Suzy Khimm
Jeb Bush’s Empty Triumph Over Donald Trump
He landed a lot of punches, but also exposed the Republican Party's lack of a credible alternative to the front-runner's bellicosity.
December 16, 2015
MagazineJeet Heer
The GOP is the Party of Fear
How did fear come to loom so large in Republican rhetoric?

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